Warning! This blog is quite long and full of sports nonsense. That being said, if you are interested in learning what a ‘Fantasy’ sports league is all about, how obsessed one needs to be to play successfully in one, and an understanding of what has been absorbing my life (beyond family of course) the past… Read More »
Every year as the season comes to a close I debate whether this is my last year. How much did I enjoy the season this time around? Well, I can honestly say this has been the least enjoyable season so far. Not because of the quality of the team. Au contraire this team equals the… Read More »
One of the problems of living in a part of the world where Winter accounts for about 5 months of no golf and no baseball is how to maintain your swing from season to season. One of the bitter-sweet facts of golf is that just when you’re swinging your best and scoring your lowest the… Read More »
I have been spoiled a bit this year when it comes to golf. First of all, I feel I’ve been able to play far more rounds than expected. And they have been on some nice courses. 2 rounds in particular have been on Clublink courses. For those of you not familiar with our wedding venue,… Read More »
Since the debacle that I wrote about on June 7th, things have markedly improved.  After discussing with the team the negativity that was abounding, an assertive effort has been made to be eliminate criticism during play and only offer shouts of encouragement. In addition, the team has a mandate to do a lot more cheering… Read More »
The Roger’s Cup was held this week at the Rexall Centre at York University.  It was the men coming to Toronto this year. Sonia had premium VIP tickets to go see some of the action on Tuesday but had to decline at the last minute because O.G. was going through the midst of a strept… Read More »
It amazes me how people do not know how to put proper value on players. Nor are they logical in figuring out how a trade can improve their position. I had a trade situation where I was providing somebody with a couple of players that he did not initially ask for in the trade. This… Read More »
I’m in quite a few pools this year: My standard rotisserie pool “Sandlot” A Beat the Streak pool – pick an MLB player each night hoping he gets a hit. Beat the magic 56 and win a cool 100 g’s. (not as easy as I thought it sounded) An elimination pool I’m not just an… Read More »
The Habs have just scored in double OT to take the win 6-5 and now a 2-0 lead in the series vs the Carolina Hurricanes. The Habs have come into the playoffs red hot and are definitely a scary 7th seed to contend with.  Courtesy of Ryder, who leads the team in goals this season,… Read More »
The baseball draft is coming up this weekend. In order to have any chance of competing, I need to do my due diligence and build a prospect list in time for the draft. As such, I’ll need to devote my spare time to scouting. I wish I had a nice list of blogs made up… Read More »